In Toki Pona grammar, a particle is a word with no semantic meaning that marks the grammatical structure of a sentence.

Particles are crucial to forming understandable sentences. li, e, o, and la are generally taught in that order.

pu

These nimi pu are particles:

Nonstandard

These nimisin are particles:

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Some people treat this as a content word.
  2. pu treats this as a content word.